Hay-sling



(No Model.)

H. L. FELL.

HAY SLING'. No. 579,642. Patented Mar. 30,'1897.

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HENRY'I FELL, OF BELLEVILLE, MICHIGAN.

HAY-SLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 579,642, dated March30, 1897.

Application filed June 24, 1896.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY L. FELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Belleville, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Slings, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in hay-slin gs, andhas for its object to provide a device which may be applied to the rackof a wagon in such manner that hay or the like may be loaded into saidwagon without hindrance and when being unloaded will be compressed intoa comparatively small space during the operation of elevating, and,further, to so construct such a sling that by a single pull of aguy-rope the sling will be re leased from the compressed hay and itswithdrawal permitted.

lVith these ends in view my invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, and thenspecifically designated by the claims.

' In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, I will describeits construction and operation in detail, referring to the accompanyingdrawings, forminga part of this specification, in which Figure l is aperspective of a sling built in accordance with my improvement andshowing the several parts and ropes thereof in their distendedpositions, as though embracing a load of hay; and Fig. 2, a side Viewshowing the parts drawn into the position assumed when pressing the hay.

The sling is composed of the cross-rail 1 and the end rails 2 and 3. Thefirstnamed rail is provided with an upright 4, which serves as an anchorwhen the device is being operated, and sling-ropes 5 and 6 connect thecross-rail with the end rails, and the ends of these ropes are securedto the rings 20, by means of which they are connected to thecompressing-ropes 7, the latter having hooks 8 for engagement with saidrings. The ropes 7 pass upward and over the pulleys 10 of the doublesheaveblock 11 and then downward and are secured to a ring 12, which maybe attached to the anchor by the hook 14, and the sheave-block in turnis supported by the chain 15, which passes upward to any suitableelevating deserial No. 596,715. (No model.)

vice, such as a Windlass or blocking-tackle. The ropes 6 have attachedto their inner ends the eyes 16, which are secured to the crossrail 1 bythe pins 17, which latter are pivoted to the yokes 18 and are heldparallel with the cross-rail by the swinging latches 19. These latcheshave connected thereto the ropes 21, which pass through the ring 22 andare in turn connected to the guy-rope 28, the latter passing upwardwithin ea'syreach of an operator.

In practice one of my improved slings is placed upon the rack of a wagonto be loaded, and after a sufficient quantity of hay or other materialhas been loaded thereon to form a sufiicient bundle or bale another ofmy improved slings is then placed upon the top of this material, and alike quantity of said ma terial is loaded thereon, and this may becontinued until the Wagon is fully loaded, or Where the load is notgreater than is desired to be made into a single bale but one of myslings may be used.

In placing my improved sling upon a wagon the anchor is permitted toprotrude above the upper surface of the load in order that the ring 12may be attached to the hook 14 when it is desired to compress thematerial upon the wagon.

When the hay is to be unloaded or elevated, the ring 12 is engaged withthe hook 14, when by drawing upon the hoist-chain the compressingropesare drawn upward with a tension equal to the force exerted by the weightof the hay and sling, and as the sheave-block 11 is anchored to theupright 4 it will be seen that the draft upon the compressing-ropes willcause the ends of the sling-ropes to move toward each other, and this inconnection with the pressure that the compressing-ropes will exert willreduce the bulk of the hay, and thus greatly facilitate the elevatingand storing thereof.

When the hay has been drawn into its most compact form, it may besecured in this position by engaging the hook 24 upon the short chain 25with the opposite ring 20, and when this has been accomplished the ring12 may be disengaged from the anchor and the hay then elevated. Thesheave-block can be drawn back and, when provided with a hook, made toengage with the chain 25, when the bundle can be still further elevated.After a bundle of hay has been thus elevated and it is not desired toleave it in bale form the sling may be removed therefrom by drawing uponthe guy-rope 23 with suliicient force to swing the latches 19 andrelease the pins 17, thereby releasingthe sling-ropes 0 from thecross-rail and permitting the removal of the sling.

IVhile I have shown a rigid upright to which the sheave-block isanchored, it is obvious that this might be replaced by a chain or rope,the only use of said anchor being the holding into position of thesheave-block,whereby the shape of the hay after being compressed isdetermined.

Other slight modifications might be made in this construction withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention.

hat I claim as new and useful is 1. In a compressing device, across-rail, an

anchor secured to said cross-rail, end rails,-

sling-ropes attached to the eross-rail and passing through the endrails, compressing-ropes attached to the sling-ropes, a sheave-blockthrough which said compressing-ropes pass, and means for attaching thelast-named ropes to the anchor, as speciiied.

2. In a compressing device, a cross-rail, an anchor extending verticallytherefrom, slingropes attached to the cross'rail, compressingropesadapted to be attached to said slingropes, a shcave block havingjournaled therein two pulleys in the same plane, said block adapted forattachment to or detachment from the anchor, means for elevating saidblock, and a chain terminating in a hook attached to one end of thesling-ropes and adapted for attachment to or detachment from the otherend of the sling-ropes, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

The herein-described combination of'a cross-rail, sling-ropes attachedthereto, end rails through which said ropes pass, rings to which theends of said ropes are attached, compressing-ropes attached to saidrings, an anchor projecting upward from the cross-rail, a ring carriedby the compressing-ropes for engagement with a hook upon said anchor, asheave-block through which the compressingropes pass, and anelevating-chain, substantially as shown and described.

4. The herein-described combination of a cross -rail 1, an anchorprojecting upward therefrom, pins 17 pivoted to the cross-rail, latches19 adapted to engage said pins, eyes 16 for engagement with said pins,sling-ropes 6 attached to said eyes, sling-ropes 5 attached to thecross-rail, end rails 2 and 3 through which the slin g-ropes pass,rin gs20 attached to the ends of the sling-ropes, compressing-ropes 7 fordrawing the sling-ropes toward each other, arin g 12 attached to saidropes, means for connecting said ring to the anchor, a sheave-blockthrough which the com prcssingropes pass, an elevating-chain 15, ropes21 attached to the latches, and a rope 23 for drawing upon the ropes 21to release the pins 17 from the latches, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in thepresence of two sub scribing witnesses.

HENRY Ii. FELL.

\Vitnesscs:

S. S. \VILLIAMsQN, HELEN F. BUSH.

